Times change. Literally. Twice a year, damn it. And when it comes to time we have Mnemosyne to thank. She is the Greek goddess of time and memory. She was a Titan, and is thus a very ancient goddess. She is best remembered for being the mother of the nine muses, but what I like about Mnemosyne is that she guarded a lake in Hades bearing her own name. When heros died, they got to drink from her lake of memory and hang out in the Elysian Fields, forever aware of their glory. The shmucks among us got to drink from the river Lethe, which made us forget every bit of wisdom we gained living in the world so that when we were born again we acted just as stupidly as the last time.
There are many things I would like to remember in my next life, but there are only four dictates I'd like programmed into my brain:
One: Don't worry.
Two: Choose your mate carefully.
Three: Avoid the 405 freeway and cheap shrimp.
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